Interactions between molecular outflows and optical jets

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Jun 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994ap%26ss.216..129p&link_type=abstract

Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 216, no. 1-2, p. 129-134

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Gas Dynamics, Interstellar Gas, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Molecular Flow, Molecular Gases, Plasma Interactions, Plasma Jets, Protostars, Shock Wave Interaction, Star Formation, Stellar Winds, Supersonic Jet Flow, Kinematics, Momentum Transfer, Stellar Envelopes, Stellar Evolution

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Young stars produce both molecular outflows and, at a later evolutionary stage, well-collimated optical jets. The simplest explanation is that the molecular outflows are driven by obscured optical jets, rather than directly, by a disk wind for example, but the optical jets appear to have too small a momentum flux. Recent statistical studies however show that the molecular flows must be quasi-stationary, which means that the dynamical lifetime is a gross underestimate of the true age. As a consequence much less thrust is required. We present recent observations of RNO 43, which has well-defined optical and molecular outflows lying close to the plane of the sky. Excellent agreement with the observations is obtained with a simple kinematic model for the molecular material, which supposes that it lies in a parabolic shell around the optical jet with the highest velocities at the working surface. Together with our modelling of the NGC20204 outflow, this is very strong evidence that molecular outflows are produced by prompt entrainment of molecular material in a neutral or weakly-ionized jet.

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